Kings I 3
1 And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.
Or le jeune garçon Samuel servait l'Eternel en la présence d'Héli; et la parole de l'Eternel était rare en ces jours-là, et il n'y avait point d'apparition de visions.
2 And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
Et il arriva un jour, qu'Héli étant couché en son lieu, (or ses yeux commençaient à se ternir, et il ne pouvait voir.)
3 And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.
Et avant que les lampes de Dieu fussent éteintes, Samuel étant aussi couché au Tabernacle de l'Eternel, dans lequel était l'Arche de Dieu;
4 And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
L'Eternel appela Samuel; et il répondit: Me voici.
5 And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I did not call you; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
Et il courut vers Héli, et lui dit: Me voici, car tu m'as appelé; mais [Héli] dit: Je ne t'ai point appelé, retourne[-t'en], [et] te couche; et il s'en retourna, et se coucha.
6 And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I called you not; return, go to sleep.
Et l'Eternel appela encore Samuel; et Samuel se leva, et s'en alla vers Héli, et lui dit: Me voici, car tu m'as appelé. Et [Héli] dit: Mon fils, je ne t'ai point appelé, retourne[-t'en], [et] te couche.
7 And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
Or Samuel ne connaissait point encore l'Eternel, et la parole de l'Eternel ne lui avait point encore été révélée.
8 And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for you did call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child.
Et l'Eternel appela encore Samuel pour la troisième fois; et [Samuel] se leva, et s'en alla vers Héli, et dit: Me voici, car tu m'as appelé; [et] Héli reconnut que l'Eternel appelait ce jeune garçon.
9 And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call you, that you shall say, Speak for your servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Alors Héli dit à Samuel: Va-t'en, et te couche; et si on t'appelle, tu diras: Eternel parle, car ton serviteur écoute. Samuel donc s'en alla, et se coucha en son lieu.
10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears.
L'Eternel donc vint, et se tint là; et appela comme les autres fois: Samuel, Samuel; et Samuel dit: Parle, car ton serviteur écoute.
11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
Alors l'Eternel dit à Samuel: Voici, je m'en vais faire une chose en Israël, laquelle quiconque entendra, ses deux oreilles lui corneront.
12 In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.
En ce jour-là j'effectuerai contre Héli tout ce que j ai dit touchant sa maison; en commençant, et en achevant.
13 And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.
Car je l'ai averti que je m'en allais punir sa maison pour jamais, à cause de l'iniquité laquelle il a bien connue, qui est que ses fils se sont rendus infâmes, et il ne les a point réprimés.
14 And [it shall] not [go on] so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.
C'est pourquoi j'ai juré contre la maison d'Héli; si jamais il se fait propitiation pour l'iniquité de la maison d'Héli, par sacrifice ou par oblation.
15 And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell [Heli] the vision.
Et Samuel demeura couché jusqu'au matin, puis il ouvrit les portes de la maison de l'Eternel. Or Samuel craignait de déclarer cette vision à Héli.
16 And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
Mais Héli appela Samuel, et lui dit: Samuel mon fils, et il répondit: Me voici.
17 And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to you? I pray you hide it not from me: may God do these things to you, and more also, if you hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to you in your ears.
Et [Héli] dit: Quelle est la parole qui t'a été dite? Je te prie ne me la cache point. Ainsi Dieu te fasse, et ainsi il y ajoute, si tu me caches un seul mot de tout ce qui t'a été dit.
18 And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He [is] the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.
Samuel donc lui déclara tout ce qui lui avait été dit, et ne lui en cacha rien. Et [Héli] répondit: C'est l'Eternel; qu'il fasse ce qui lui semblera bon.
19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
Or Samuel devenait grand, et l'Eternel était avec lui, qui ne laissa point tomber à terre une seule de ses paroles.
20 And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
Et tout Israël, depuis Dan jusqu'à Béersebah, connut que c'était une chose assurée que Samuel serait Prophète de l'Eternel.
21 And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli [was] very old, and his sons kept advancing [in wickedness], and their way [was] evil before the Lord.
Et l'Eternel continua de se manifester dans Silo; car l'Eternel se manifestait à Samuel dans Silo par la parole de l'Eternel.
